Archive for the ‘Savouries’ Category

Pesto Pasta with Shitake Mushrooms

I finally managed to find some nice fresh shitake mushrooms today. I LOVE them, they have a different texture to button mushrooms and go very well in pasta dishes in my experience. I decided to whip up a light pesto pasta with them tonight, recipe follows! It’s based on this pesto pasta recipe. The hubby […]

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Quinoa Salad with Dried Fruit, Avocado & Cashews

I made this salad for friends and family this week, and it went down quite well! My aunt even asked for the recipe. It’s a modification of this awesome quinoa salad recipe. Also, just so you know, quinoa has a weird pronunciation; ‘keen-wa’. More about this yummy seed at the quinoa wikipedia entry. You can […]

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Mixed Vegetable Soup

I had a ball Friday night making this soup from scratch. I basically just added and added and came up with something awesome… I think so anyway! Heh. Ingredients (makes about 3-4 litres of soup, can be re-heated) 2 x 400g cans of roma diced tomatoes 1 x 400g can of red kidney beans 1 […]

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Garlic and Parmesan Bread

This recipe is taken from the garlic bread recipe on simplyrecipes.com, but I’ve altered a few things and changed the measurements into Aussie standards (metric) for my (and your?) convenience. I made this for a bunch of friends when we got together to play Dungeons & Dragons one autumn weeknight and it was all gobbled […]

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Spinach and Ricotta Filo Triangles

Another goodie, Spinach and Ricotta Filo Triangles recipe on http://www.taste.com.au/. The grated apple caught my eye at first as strange, but it really works! I didn’t alter anything really, just seasoned the mixture inside the triangles with cracked salt and pepper before baking. I also served them with small dipping amounts of tomato, bbq & […]

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